Obama is preparing to hit the road in support of Biden for the final weeks of the election, holding events (socially distanced) in battleground states and encouraging Americans to vote early. “One thing we know is that just basic competence can end up saving lives,” Obama said on the podcast. Former President Barack Obama made a final appeal to voters on behalf of his former running mate, Joe Biden, during an episode of the popular podcast Pod Save America on Wednesday: Competent leaders save lives. In recent weeks he’s urged the Department of Justice to open politically charged investigations into Obama-era officials, including an investigation that fizzled out this week with no evidence of wrongdoing. “I mean, the truth is he doesn’t have the patience and the focus to really substantially change a lot of U.S. foreign policy.

Source: Huffington Post October 15, 2020 09:22 UTC